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holds to

holds to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hold to.

Meaning of hold to

Verb

hold to (third-person singular simple present holds to, present participle holding to, simple past held to, past participle held to or (archaic) holden to)

  1. (transitive) To share or subscribe to (a belief, etc.).
    • I do not hold to their radical opinions.
  2. (transitive) To adhere strongly to (a conviction, story, etc.).
    • to hold to one's original story
  3. To follow, be consistent with (a rule, pattern, etc.)
    • The poem which holds strictly to Rağaz-meter (altered) is set to music unrelated in time.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 116
  4. (ditransitive) To compel (someone) to remain faithful to (a commitment, moral standard, etc.).
    • Jill holds her grandfather to her own standards and finds them wanting.

Questions about holds to

What is holds to the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Holds to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hold to.

Words near holds to in the dictionary

  1. holds the reins
  2. holds the ring
  3. holds the road
  4. holds the stage
  5. holds tight
  6. holds to
  7. holds to account
  8. holds to ransom
  9. holds together
  10. holds true
  11. holds up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: holds to (page history and authors); hold to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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